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Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

I had to make 72 Red Velvet cupcakes for a Valentine’s Day fund raiser we were having at the office. Thank goodness Yissi and Bashful were home to help me. We decorated the cupcakes with red sanding sugar and SweeTart candies. They turned out pretty cute.

A red velvet cake is basically a chocolate cake with red food coloring added to give it that reddish hue. I have a good recipe for a red velvet cake here. I use the same recipe for cupcakes. The only thing that changes are the baking pans you use and the length of time you bake the cupcakes. Oh, and the Cream Cheese Frosting is halved for the cupcakes since you only need half as much as you would to fill and frost a whole cake.

RED VELVET CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

2½ cups all-purpose flour

1½ cups sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1½ cups canola oil

1 cup buttermilk, at room temperature

2 large eggs, at room temperature

2 tablespoons (1 oz.) red food coloring

1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line two 12-cup muffin pans with cupcake liners.